Biomedical Sciences students in Qatar University’s (QU) College of Health Sciences presented seven different research projects recently, as part of their graduation projects, following four years of undergraduate studies.
Two students, Shaikha Khalid Al-Naemi and Reem Eisa Al-Heidous conducted a study focusing on the effect of cancer apoptotic bodies on the epithelial mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells under the supervision of Dr. Wisam Nabeel Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences. Another two studies were supervised by Dr. Gheyath Nasrallah, Associate Professor of Immunology. The first study evaluated the performance of a novel chemiluminescence assay for screening of hepatitis B virus infection and was conducted by two students, Khadija Niyaz Mohammad and Maryam Abdulla Alabdulmalek. The second study evaluated the performance of the same technique for detection of anti-HIV and treponema pallidum antibodies. This study was conducted by two students, Hadiya Mohammad Khalid and Jawaher Ahmed Al-Emadi.
Two studies were supervised by Dr. Nasser Rizk, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences. The first study, “The effect of Sulforaphane on metabolic actions and pathways in human skeletal muscles of obese subjects,” was conducted by two students, Maryam Rahmanpoor and Shouq Al-Hashemi. The second study compared how Sulforaphane ameliorates inflammation and oxidative stress in the primary human skeletal muscles of obese and diabetic subjects. The study was done by two students, Fatima Al-Mohannadi and Nour Farchoukh. Another project was conducted by students Asraa Al-Baker and Noora Abusheraida, and supervised by Dr. Nahla Omer, Research Associate at the Biomedical Research Center in QU, made rapid and visual detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus through the concurrent existence of mecA and spa Genes by Closed LAMP among human clinical samples. The last project made use of zebrafish embryo model to assess the toxicity of Amoxicillin as an antibiotic. The study was supervised by Dr. Huseyin Yalcin, Associate Professor at QU’s Biomedical Research Center and conducted by two students, Somaiya Abdulhakim and Amera Mohamed.
Source: Qatar University